Meanwhile, a blackmarketinKoreangoodsblossomthankstothesecretofnationsporousborderwithChina, withprofitsbelievedtogototheNorthKoreanregimeIn 2017, following a stringofNorthKoreannucleartest, BeijingfinallycutoffPyongyang's accesstoitsfinancialsystem.
Nevertheless, Chinaremains a keyintermediarybetweenthehermitkingdomandtheoutsideworld.
BothnationshavealsobeenhometoNorthKoreancompaniesandlabor, withsomeworkersinRussiaworkinginconditionsthatthe U.
S.
StateDepartmenthasdescribedasslavelikelabor.
In 2019, theUSbelieveNorthKoreahadsome 100,000 citizensworkingabroad, mostlyinRussiaandChina, sendinghugeamountsofmoneybackhome, muchofitrightintothecoffersoftherulingKimfamilyanduntiltheywerebannedbynew U.
N.
Sanctionsin 2017, foreignlaborcontractswere a vitalsourceofforeigncurrencyfortheNorthKoreanregime.
TheKimfamilyhasmanagedtokeep a tightgriponpowerforthreegenerations, puttingthesurvivaloftheregimeaboveallelse, includingtheNorthKoreanpeople.
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